Many teenagers have missed out on performing in their school theater programs over the past year as the COVID-19 pandemic has kept actors and audiences apart. So Jim Johnson is pleased to be able to open the 2021 season of Susquehanna Stage Company in Marietta this week with a youth […]
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‘Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical’ debuts online
At a running time of 51 minutes, and with perhaps only half the numbers required for a full adaptation of the 2007 animated Oscar-winner, this “Ratatouille” is a mere appetizer. But with a winning Tituss Burgess as the human embodiment of Remy, the Parisian rodent who can stir up a […]
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TikTok ‘Ratatouille’ musical points to the future of theater
A standout moment of the 2007 movie “Ratatouille,” about a rat who teams with a human to achieve his culinary dreams, comes when cynical restaurant critic Anton Ego is served the titular food. Though he’s initially confused by the offering in a former five-star eatery — one chef calls the […]
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Zappa film a ‘Frank’ look at visionary iconoclast who had his musical epiphany as a teen in San Diego
Over the decades since Frank Zappa’s death in 1993, his family has been approached by an array of filmmakers who wanted to make a definitive documentary about the legendary music maverick and his genre-blurring legacy. More than a few were obsessive Zappa fans who hoped to gain access to his […]
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Make Theatre at Home with Musical and Panto Activity Packs!
Bring shows like Waitress, The Great British Bake-Off the Musical and more home with Make Your Own Musicals! Make Your Own Musicals, a company started in lockdown, has been making musical activity packs for children to write their own original mini-musicals at home. Now, for the festive season, they are […]